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Mansion $100k Gtd tourney last night

April 1, 2007 on 5:07 pm | In Poker |

I managed to get into the $100 buy in $100k gtd tournament again last night and this time I got in by winning a $10 satellite which I was quite please about.

In the game itself I had unbelievable hands at the start with nothing but paint for the first half a dozen hands which I managed to not get involved with at this stage of the tourney. I then picked up AA three times in about twenty hands and only managed to make any money on the last one as I couldn’t get anyone to play with me for even a small raise. On the last one I managed to more than double up and got myself into 3rd place. I then managed to keep myself in contention and even had AA again so that when it came down to about 150 players I was still top 25. Unfortunately at this stage I got caught with AJ making a 3,000 raise which was called and then my 3,000 on the flop was also called. In hindsight I wish I’d shoved my chips in and see what his reaction was. I then checked the turn and he put in a big raise which I then folded to. Granted I hadn’t hit anything but the board was mainly low cards and whilst he may have been a playing a bit tricky with A5 or something he may have just had two high cards. I meane what else could he have called my pre flop raise with - a mid pair perhaps but likely to be a high A or KQ? Anyway after that I managed to hang around for a bit but went out in about 132 place.

Still I’m generally please with my play at the moment even though I’m down on the month and I hope to have another go at this next week.